--- title: "8 Parade-s-end Quotes By Ford Madox Ford" description: "8 Parade-s-end quotes by Ford Madox Ford. Plus more from Ford Madox Ford and more Parade-s-end sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/ford-madox-ford-3409_battalion_but-to-betray-her-with-battalion-that-is_363282.png" --- > [“But to betray her with battalion... That is against decency, against Nature...And for him, Christopher tietjens, to come down to the level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/but-to-betray-her-with-battalion-that-is-against-decency-against/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/ford-madox-ford-3409_battalion_but-to-betray-her-with-battalion-that-is_363282.png) > [“The exact eye: exact observation: it was a man's work. The only work for a man. Why then were artists soft: effeminate:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/the-exact-eye-exact-observation-it-was-a-man-s-work-the-only-work-for/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/ford-madox-ford-3409_art_the-exact-eye-exact-observation-it-was-a_871558.png) > [“being a miner he sat on his heels more comfortably than on a chair”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/being-a-miner-he-sat-on-his-heels-more-comfortably-than-on-a-chair/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d76/ford-madox-ford-3409_comfortably_being-a-miner-he-sat-on-his-heels-more-c_1420241.png) > [“She warned him that, if he got killed, she should cut down the great cedar at the south-west corner of Groby. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/she-warned-him-that-if-he-got-killed-she-should-cut-down-the-great/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/ford-madox-ford-3409_cutting_she-warned-him-that-if-he-got-killed-she_1582320.png) > [“But always, at moments when his mind was like a blind octopus, squirming in an agony of knife-cuts, she would drop in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/but-always-at-moments-when-his-mind-was-like-a-blind-octopus/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/ford-madox-ford-3409_accusation_but-always-at-moments-when-his-mind-was_1739647.png) > [“That monstrosity you honour with your name - which is also mine, thank you!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/that-monstrosity-you-honour-with-your-name-which-is-also-mine-thank/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/309/ford-madox-ford-3409_honour_that-monstrosity-you-honour-with-your-na_2033726.png) > [“- A! Tę wojnę będzie warto zobaczyć... Żadnego pijanego rzucania się do gardeł bandytów-imbecyli... - Moja matka by zwariowała! - powiedziała Sylwia.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/a-t-wojn-b-dzie-warto-zobaczy-adnego-pijanego-rzucania-si-do-garde/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea9/ford-madox-ford-3409_christopher-tietjens_a-t-wojn-b-dzie-warto-zobaczy-adnego-pij_2573435.png) > [“It was probably indecent to think of a corpse as impotent. But he was, very likely. That would be why his wife…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/it-was-probably-indecent-to-think-of-a-corpse-as-impotent-but-he-was/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/ford-madox-ford-3409_christopher-tietjens_it-was-probably-indecent-to-think-of-a-c_3185712.jpg) ## More by Ford Madox Ford > [New York is large, glamorous, easy-going, kindly and incurious, but above all it is a crucible - because it is large enough to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/new-york-is-large-glamorous-easy-going-kindly-and-incurious-but-above/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) > [“You can't kill a minuet de la coeur. You may shut up the music book... but surely the minuet-- the minuet itself is dancing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/you-can-t-kill-a-minuet-de-la-coeur-you-may-shut-up-the-music-book/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) > [“You see in such a world as this, an idealist -or perhaps it's only a sentimentalist-must be stoned to death. He makes the others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/you-see-in-such-a-world-as-this-an-idealist-or-perhaps-it-s-only-a/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) > [“A gentleman in those days consulted his heirs about tree planting. Should you plant a group of copper beeches against a group of white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/a-gentleman-in-those-days-consulted-his-heirs-about-tree-planting/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) > [“How was it possible that the most honourable man she knew should be so overwhelmed by foul and baseless rumours? It made you suspect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/how-was-it-possible-that-the-most-honourable-man-she-knew-should-be/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) > [It is not merely that people must die and people must suffer, if not here, then there. But what is dreadful is that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/it-is-not-merely-that-people-must-die-and-people-must-suffer-if-not/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) > [“But upon my word, I don't know how we put in our time. How does one put in one's time? How is it possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/but-upon-my-word-i-don-t-know-how-we-put-in-our-time-how-does-one-put/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) > [In every man there are two minds that work side by side, the one checking the other; thus emotion stands against reason, intellect corrects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/in-every-man-there-are-two-minds-that-work-side-by-side-the-one/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) > [“No, by God, it is false! It wasn't a minuet that we stepped; it was a prison - a prison full of screaming hysterics,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/no-by-god-it-is-false-it-wasn-t-a-minuet-that-we-stepped-it-was-a/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) > [Damn it all, it's the first duty of a soldier - it's the first duty of all Englishmen - to be able to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/damn-it-all-it-s-the-first-duty-of-a-soldier-it-s-the-first-duty-of/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) > [“Yes, society must go on; it must breed, like rabbits. That is what we are here for. But then, I don't like society—much.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/yes-society-must-go-on-it-must-breed-like-rabbits-that-is-what-we-are/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) > [“The signal for the train's departure was a very bright red; that is about as passionate a statement as I can get into that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/the-signal-for-the-train-s-departure-was-a-very-bright-red-that-is/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) > [The world is full of places to which I want to return](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/the-world-is-full-of-places-to-which-i-want-to-return/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) > [...she had always known under her mind and now she confessed it: her agony had been, half of it, because one day he would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/she-had-always-known-under-her-mind-and-now-she-confessed-it-her/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) > [“I like the slow, smooth roll of the great big trains—and they are the best trains in the world! I like being drawn through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/i-like-the-slow-smooth-roll-of-the-great-big-trains-and-they-are-the/) [Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parade-s-end/ford-madox-ford/#itemlist", "name": "8 Parade-s-end Quotes By Ford Madox Ford", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But to betray her with battalion... 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